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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Divided Self The Divided Self R. D. Laing First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with… OL145047W
The Show of Violence The Show of Violence Fredric Wertham In our dreams and fantasies, we are all murderers, leveling whole cities with our unconscious hates and fears. Most of us are content merely to dream. But in some, their dreams lunge out into nightma… OL15845129W
Boswell's clap and other essays Boswell's clap and other essays William B. Ober The ten essays selected for this volume range from an investigation of Boswell's repeated infection with gonorrhea to a critical examination of Plato's account of Socrates's death in the Phaedo, subj… OL6803193W
How thin the veil How thin the veil Jack Kerkhoff ""So this is my return to Traverse City, Michigan. Not to the sprawling white house on Washington Street, which all of us loved, but to Traverse City State Hospital, in other days bluntly called an i… OL7467351W